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Definition of steam engine
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(n.) The
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Brake
::
Brake (v. t.) An
apparatus
for
testing
the power of a steam
engine,
or other
motor,
by
weighing
the
amount
of
friction
that the motor will
overcome;
a
friction
brake..
Organ
::
Organ (n.) A
component
part
performing
an
essential
office
in the
working
of any
complex
machine;
as, the
cylinder,
valves,
crank,
etc., are
organs
of the steam
engine..
Spanner
::
Spanner
(n.) A
contrivance
in some of the
ealier
steam
engines
for
moving
the
valves
for the
alternate
admission
and
shutting
off of the
steam.
Fireman
::
Fireman
(n.) A man who tends the
fires,
as of a steam
engine;
a
stocker..
Link
::
Link (n.) Any
intermediate
rod or piece for
transmitting
force or
motion,
especially
a short
connecting
rod with a
bearing
at each end;
specifically
(Steam
Engine),
the
slotted
bar, or
connecting
piece,
to the
opposite
ends of which the
eccentric
rods are
jointed,
and by means of which the
movement
of the valve is
varied,
in a link
motion..
Rock Shaft
::
Rock shaft () A shaft that
oscillates
on its
journals,
instead
of
revolving,
--
usually
carrying
levers
by means of which it
receives
and
communicates
reciprocating
motion,
as in the valve gear of some steam
engines;
--
called
also
rocker,
rocking
shaft,
and way
shaft..
Supervise
::
Supervise
(v. t.) To
oversee
for
direction;
to
superintend;
to
inspect
with
authority;
as, to
supervise
the
construction
of a steam
engine,
or the
printing
of a
book..
Gasket
::
Gasket
(n.) The
plaited
hemp used for
packing
a
piston,
as of the steam
engine
and its
pumps..
Load
::
Load (v.) The work done by a steam
engine
or other prime mover when
working.
Soleplate
::
Soleplate
(n.) A
bedplate;
as, the
soleplate
of a steam
engine..
Condenser
::
Condenser
(n.) An
apparatus,
separate
from the
cylinder,
in which the
exhaust
steam is
condensed
by the
action
of cold water or air. See
Illust.
of Steam
engine..
Abutment
::
Abutment
(n.) A fixed point or
surface
from which
resistance
or
reaction
is
obtained,
as the
cylinder
head of a steam
engine,
the
fulcrum
of a
lever,
etc..
Crosshead
::
Crosshead
(n.) A beam or bar
across
the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block
attached
to it and
carrying
a
knuckle
pin; as the solid
crosspiece
running
between
parallel
slides,
which
receives
motion
from the
piston
of a steam
engine
and
imparts
it to the
connecting
rod, which is
hinged
to the
crosshead..
Port
::
Port (n.) A
passageway
in a
machine,
through
which a
fluid,
as
steam,
water,
etc., may pass, as from a valve to the
interior
of the
cylinder
of a steam
engine;
an
opening
in a valve seat, or valve
face..
Shaft
::
Shaft (n.) A solid or
hollow
cylinder
or bar,
having
one or more
journals
on which it rests and
revolves,
and
intended
to carry one or more
wheels
or other
revolving
parts and to
transmit
power or
motion;
as, the shaft of a steam
engine..
Dashpot
::
Dashpot
(n.) A
pneumatic
or
hydraulic
cushion
for a
falling
weight,
as in the valve gear of a steam
engine,
to
prevent
shock..
Water Gauge
::
Water gauge () An
instrument
for
measuring
or
ascertaining
the depth or
quantity
of
water,
or for
indicating
the
height
of its
surface,
as in the
boiler
of a steam
engine.
See
Gauge..
Vacuum
::
Vacuum
(n.) The
condition
of
rarefaction,
or
reduction
of
pressure
below that of the
atmosphere,
in a
vessel,
as the
condenser
of a steam
engine,
which is
nearly
exhausted
of air or
steam,
etc.; as, a
vacuum
of 26
inches
of
mercury,
or 13
pounds
per
square
inch..
Piston
::
Piston
(n.) A
sliding
piece which
either
is moved by, or moves
against,
fluid
pressure.
It
usually
consists
of a short
cylinder
fitting
within
a
cylindrical
vessel
along which it
moves,
back and
forth.
It is used in steam
engines
to
receive
motion
from the
steam,
and in pumps to
transmit
motion
to a
fluid;
also for other
purposes..
Eccentric
::
Eccentric
(a.)
Pertaining
to an
eccentric;
as, the
eccentric
rod in a steam
engine..
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